Early Medieval Period of Europe and Japan

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Across
  1. 3. the "gods" of the Japanese religion
  2. 6. the head of the Church in the West
  3. 7. the homeland of the Vikings (Norway, Denmark, Sweden
  4. 8. the Germanic peoples that created what we know as England
  5. 11. the often mounted warrior of Medieval Europe
  6. 13. the native religion of Japan...harmony with nature
  7. 14. the warrior "knights" of Japan
  8. 16. the landowning political system that dominated Medieval Europe...land for work...land for service
  9. 18. the Germanic peoples that settled what is now France
Down
  1. 1. the Scandinavian warriors that terrorized Europe in the Dark Ages
  2. 2. the Frankish Emperor that centralized and Christianized much of Western and Central Europe
  3. 4. these centers served as training grounds for Christian missionaries...preserved knowledge
  4. 5. the first 500 years of the Medieval Period following the collapse of Rome
  5. 9. the way the Vikings were able to go a Viking :-)
  6. 10. landless peasant farmer...tied to the land
  7. 12. the famous "Irish" missionary that spread Christianity to that island in the late Roman period
  8. 15. the epic poem of the Germanic peoples of England
  9. 17. warrior that serves a greater lord